WYOBISONMAN

Kinda extreme to charge that kid with attempted murder. It sure as heck was wrong to knock out the cop.....but it isn't attempted murder. Good grief!

Totally....

I did not pick the Bison to win this one. A good game with great effort from Brock Jensen. EWU really made some FCS noise by beating Oregon State as well. It is always fun to see the big programs fall. That being said, any talk of moving to FBS is just nuts given the current structure of NCAA FB. It sure seems to me that both NDSU and UND are where they belong. And, I would much rather play for a national title that some obscure no-name bowl game.

No question a win against SDSU would be a tremendous win for your program. A win would make the MT schools very nervous heading into the following 2 games. By the time the next 3 games are over, you will know exactly where the program stands. Your game against the Jacks will let us know how uptight to be about our game with them. Thank God the season is here!

With all the money in ND, neither NDSU or UND should have unfunded scholarships. As for the Jacks hanging 40 on UND.......very possible. But, who knows......play the game and see what happens. NDSU and a threepete.......will come down to injuries.

While WYO has a nice stadium, the team is horrid. Basketball fell flat the end of the season also. As for NDSU or UND moving up, both would surely need bigger stadiums. 25,000-30,000. I don't see that happening anytime soon since both have indoor stadiums that are impossible to enlarge. I really think the stadium issue is a big one....without a FBS size stadium.....no one will get a conference invite.

Let me explain this to you since you have a certificate from Aakers Business College (and not a real college degree) and are not too bright.......take a look at the RPIs of either the Summit or Sky. I would suspect that most UND or NDSU BB fans are not content with either conference and would most certainly like to see the programs upgraded to the level of the MVC. The way for a program to get out of a low major BB conference is to build a team that is something a solid mid-major conference would want to add. Neither programs are close to that point yet.

For me, I am undecided on Saul. You are right, he is a good guy.....but I am not sure he can coach. What will really tell us a lot about Saul will be nest season as well as seeing how he reloads the year after. I also think if a school like NDSU or SDSU wants to establish a D1 BB reputation you can't just have appearances that are one and done. A win or two at the dance as well as showing up consistantly are needed. The formula for UND is probably the same. Both the Sky and the Summit are likely to be autobid only conferences. I just can't imagine either getting an at large. If UND and NDSU want to have more success in BB, then they better get good enough so a better conference will have interest. Right now it would be a step down for a conference like the MVC to add either (let alone something like the MWC). But as long as there are fans, there will be some fans that are delusional and think that conferences like the MVC and the MWC may come knocking. I sure as hell won't be holding my breath.

The Summit can't be turned into the MVC. NDSU needs to get a decent BB program in place and look for a move to a better conference.

Yes, it does seem to me that a team's ceiling is really set in the non-conference part of the season when you play high majors.

The thing about the Great West, it was the right place for the time. When we were in the Great West it was only football, and scheduling was hell for the other sports. Good grief.......I remember the Bison playing something call Si Tanka. I still am not sure what that was. The Great West was very needed for the transition. As for the matchups......I like the CBI better than the CIT....but UND has the better opening game. And.....in the end we are both dating the fat girls........anything below the NIT is pretty marginal but it gives the potential for a few more games.

Are the quarters and semis on TV? Directv channel?

I probably agree with that. But, that doesn't mean on occasion if there is decent recruiting and coaching a trip beyond the first round would not be possible. But, it would be tough coming out of two conferences that are pretty poor when it comes to the national scene in BB. Another big limiter for either NDSU or UND to look at moving up in FB is the inability to increase the size of an indoor stadium. I think for a run at FBS a minimum of 25,000 would be needed and 30,000 would be better. Even at NDSU filling a 30,000 seat stadium might be a tall order......especially when all you play for is a chance to play in a garbage bowl.

I have been to the tourney a couple times when it has been in Ogden. A fun tourney and great atmosphere as long as Weber is still playing. If Weber loses, the crowds go way, way down. I hope Weber gets the #1 seed, then I may well run over for a game or two.

You sound pretty damn butthurt that your team is having........shall we say........a VERY rough go. LOL!

Given past patterns, it would not be very bright to try and schedule them again. I think the fans would be mad if he tried.

With an injury.......I believe the schollies are honored, but the team can still fill the scholly. I think this is across the NCAA.

UND would never want to do that. Montana is a top notch game.

The timeline is not really fair to NDSU, but I understood why. The Mesa State game baffles me though. Seems like a bad move. The only way I could see that happening is if there was absolutely no other alternative and it is purely to raise cash. Games like that do, however, piss the fan base off.

NDSU had a horseshit team in 2009. I will be the first to admit that I was very surprised at how fast Bohl turned it around. That said....I will be more surprised if Muss and Co. can do it. You must be into that "moral victory" garbage since you think Muss is doing OK.

I have always said that NDSU does not want to tie up OOC games with a home and home every year. That is what Faison wanted and NDSU will never sign a deal like that. Now, Darrell.......put that powerful Akers Business College certificate to work and figure the financial end of it out. And.......I have no problem saying that you folks have an awful football team. You do and a hell of a lot of your fans agree with that. Good grief....... how many of you were calling for the head of Muss on a platter after last season. Guys like Darrell that think you have a solid football program are pretty damn clueless. As to a game with NDSU this year.....had the dates worked......it might well have happened if UND would take the cash and travel. Darrell.........you live in one hell of a fantasy world.

Any Bison fan that thinks UND administration played a role in the MSU buyout ought to have their fuckin head checked. That is some of the stupidest paranoia I have ever seen..... Too bad UND doesn't have the date open........ this game would happen if they did.

When the financial incentives align for the teams to play (absent a conference affilliation) it will happen. But that is not where it is now.

Given how we sellout games I would doubt that it would do anything other than make money. A home game will sellout no matter who plays. There would be absolutely no incentive to do a home and home with UND right now. Get over it. Even that certificate from Aakers Business College ought to let you figure that any home game in Fargo is a huge money maker. A money maker for NDSU and the entire campus area.

RT and Kuppy screwed the pooch for UND.